English Department Grad. Courses

Fall 2004

ENGL 7012 The Modern Secondary School

Ron Schofield 

Thurs. 5:00 PM-7:30 PM

3 grad. credits 

Required of all MAT candidates who do not have initial licensure to teach. Covers a broad range of issues faced by teachers in today's secondary schools. Students become familiar with the complexities and demands of secondary school teaching. Includes 25 hours of prepracticum experience. Also listed under MATH 7012, ESCI 7012, ENGL 7012, HIST 7012, SEED 7012

ENGL 8050 Graduate Study and Research in English 

Chola Chisunka

Wed. 5:00 PM-7:30 PM 

3 grad. credits

Designed for students who are new to the English Graduate Program. This course promotes the student�s ability to do independent and creative scholarly research and to become more competent in critical approaches to literature, research techniques, new methodologies, and technologies, as well as library and archival examination. Students in the MAT in English Certification program develop the research proposal for the classroom research project that they are required to carry out during their 400 hour Internship/Clinical experience.

ENGL 8260 Curriculum Design and Development 

Melanie Gallo                

Thurs. 5:00 PM-7:30 PM

3 grad. credits

Designed to provide students with knowledge and skills of the curriculum development-revision process. In collaborative groups students review, revise and expand the curriculum and assessment procedures in order to integrate current research findings and education reform initiatives. Students articulate a general Curriculum map contextually appropriate for grade-level content as they plan for integrating content with social, behavioral, processing, thinking skills and Curriculum frameworks. Students design an integrated 9-12th grade curriculum that aligns content standards across disciplines. Finally, interdisciplinary groups design an integrated curriculum unit. Also listed as MATH 8260, HIST 8260, ENGL 8260, ESCI 8260, SEED 8260 

ENGL 9001 Topics: British Modernism

Irene Martyniuk

Mon. 6:00 PM-8:30 PM

3 grad. credits 

This course examines the major texts and trends of what is now called High Modernism. Authors studies include Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot.

ENGL 9048  Multicultural Children�s Literature 

Janice Alberghene 

Tue. 5:00 PM-7:30 PM

 3 grad. credits

This course focuses on contemporary multicultural children�s literature and requires students to learn and apply appropriate interpretive strategies for understanding the texts and cultural contexts. Students gain and demonstrate a firm understanding of the major critical issues regarding multicultural children�s literature and formulate and support personal responses to these issues.